The young director succumbed to Spanish Influenza and died later that year; October 23, 1918, at the age of 28.

The film stars his actress wife Virginia Flugrath, who is best known by her screen name Viola Dana.

The screenplay, written by John H. Collins and William Parker, is an adaptation of Myrtle Reed's (1874-1911) posthumously published novel A Weaver of Dreams (1911); the author took her own life earlier that year on August 17, 1911.

The plot concerns Viola Dana's character; Judith Sylvester,[2] who is niece to a wealthy invalid.

As the film continues, her aunt is reunited with her long lost love and poor Judith is left alone with nothing but dreams of perfection, but she remains hopeful.